Articles about the letter were published in Politico and the Daily News. For immediate release: July 22, 2024 Contact: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; [email protected] Class Size Matters urges Commissioner Rosa to require NYC DOE to revise and fundamentally improve their second year class size “plan” On July 22, 2024, Class Size Matters sent a detailed […]
Articles in Chalkbeat and Brooklyn Reader. For immediate release: June 25, 2024 Contact: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; [email protected] Parents, educators, advocates and community leaders urge Mayor Adams and Chancellor Banks to improve their class size reduction “plan” On June 24, 2024, about 570 NYC parents, educators, advocates and community leaders sent critical comments to […]
Legal documents, including the petition to the State Commissioner, the affidavits, DOE guidance, and the state regulations are posted here. On On June 16, a corrected version of the Appeal was filed, as well as an additional affidavit from Amy Ming Tsai, Bronx parent, so that parents from all five boroughs are represented. Articles about […]
For immediate release: May 8, 2024 Contact: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; [email protected] Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matters, said, “It is evident from the new document posted by the DOE today that they have no intention of ever complying with the state class size law. They have had nearly two years to plan […]
For immediate release: December 11, 2023 Contact: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; [email protected] Class Size Working Group members urge the Chancellor of NYC schools to implement their recommendations without delay Here are quotations from the Class Size Working Group co-chair and some of the parent leaders, advocates, and working teachers and other school staff who were […]
Yesterday, Class Size Matters and AQE sent a letter to the State Education Commissioner, urging them to demand that DOE produce a class size corrective action plan, as it is clear that they have taken no steps to allow them to comply with the law. Our press release is below. A Daily News article about […]
See the UFT media release below about the press conference this morning at the Landmark Elementary school in Brooklyn, K599. Some news clips: City & State, ABC7, Gothamist, NY1, Fox5 NY. Along with UFT President Michael Mulgrew, co-Executive Director AQE Zakiyah Ansari, and me who are quoted below, others speaking eloquently at the press conference […]
For Immediate Release: Nov. 15, 2023 More information: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; [email protected] Class Sizes Increase For 2nd Year In A Row In Most Grades; Compliance With New Class Size Law Unlikely Next Year Without Big Changes In DOE’s Policies The new class size data for the current school year was released by the NYC […]
A summary and most of the legal filings in the case are posted here. Here are news clips from the NY Times, the Daily News, Chalkbeat and Gothamist. For immediate release: November 22, 2022 For more information: Laura Barbieri, [email protected]; 914-819-3387 Leonie Haimson, [email protected]; 917-435-9329 Attorney and plaintiffs express regret at Appellate Court decision […]
For immediate release: Nov. 16, 2022 For more information: Leonie Haimson, [email protected]; 917-435-9329 NYC class sizes this year increase sharply in all grade spans except for high school Parent leaders, advocates & elected officials demand DOE create a Task Force to develop plan to lower class size in compliance with new state law […]
On Oct. 23 at 7 PM, learn how the DOE is sharing student data with unscrupulous ed tech vendors, social media companies, charter schools & more and how you can help protect your children’s privacy. Register via Zoom today!
Talk out of School radio show and podcast airs Sunday night at 7 PM on WBAI 99.5 FM or online at www.wbai.org when Leonie Haimson and Daniel Alicea interview guests and discuss issues affecting public schools in NYC, the state level and nationally. You can stream or subscribe to the podcast here; or at iTunes, Spotify or Google.
We held our annual Skinny award dinner Wed. June 28, 2023, honoring Rep. Jamaal Bowman, former Bronx principal and now a progressive trailblazer who is fighting in Congress to protect and improve our public schools. More photos on Facebook .
